Meat Market
Subtitle: Animals, Ethics, and Money
Publisher: Brio Press
Published: July 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780975867907
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; United States; General; Animals; Social Science; Sociology; Livestock factories; Animal Rights; Social Science / General; Animal welfare; Anthropology - General; Animal industry
Description: Meat Market elevates the debate over animal agriculture. Erik Marcus exposes and clears away the exaggerated claims and counterclaims put forth by the meat industry and its opponents. In the process, Marcus presents a thorough examination of animal agricultures cruelties and its far-reaching social costs. Marcus then considers the discouraging progress made by the animal protection movement. He evaluates where the movement has gone wrong, and how its shortcomings could best be remedied.